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Local columnist helps in new library fundraising efforts
Historically Yours columnist Liz Davis has decided to help the Boonslick Regional Library with a fundraising effort that includes both her time and blog. Almost five years ago Davis began writing a weekly column on Civil War history in preparation of the sesquicentennial of the First Battle of Boonville. When the Boonville Daily News began offering blogging ,Davis jumped on board and began doing daily blogs about history.
Davis got involved in the new library building project while doing her column research and decided to use her writing to benefit the library.
"I soon realized many of my readers did not surf the net. I decided to print the previous month's blogs as a newsletter. Due to the high costs of postage, however, I decided it would be less expensive to distribute the newsletter for free throughout Boonville at local stores. Ret Thomas of Carrie Lyn's Ice Cream Parlor thought it was such a great idea that he offered to put a jar on the Ice Cream Parlor's counter for collecting funds for the building project." Davis stated.
With the help of the Boonville Friends of the Library, collection jars began appearing around town in January. The jars are titled 'Building for the Future', with funds going toward the building fund.
"I've already placed a dozen collection jars around Boonville and one north of the river in Howard County. Four other locations have agreed to place a collection jar on their counter." Davis stated.
During the first week of the month Davis will be placing her newsletters at each collection jar location.
Davis said a physical library is needed more than ever.
"Contrary to what many people think, books and libraries are not a thing of the past. They have changed, certainly, but they will always be needed. Printed books have been around for hundreds of years and are just as readable as they were then. Today we have audio books that are playable on numerous devices. As technology changes, so do the devices and soon we have "books" we can't listen to because the device has worn out and can not be replaced. The same goes for computers. We went from floppies, to CDs, to flashdrives, and to whatever has come out in the last few months. I think books will be around long after this current wave of technology. In the meantime, not all homes are equipped with computers or other types of e-readers or listening devices. Libraries can provide these items for use on the promises or as a check-out item much as books used to be." Davis stated.
Director of the Boonslick Regional Library District Linda Allcorn said Davis has been a tremendous supporter of the library.
"We are very fortunate to have her taking a lead on this fundraiser," Allcorn said.
"The world is changing. The way we share and store information is also changing. Shouldn't Boonville do everything it can to preserve the past and prepare for the future?" Davis stated.
To find out more about the library building project or to have a collection jar placed, contact the library at 660-882-5864.


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"We're 100 people, but we have work for 130 people. We just don't have those extra 30 bodies," Michaels says. He adds that salaries for experienced iPhone developers "just keep going up. Our year-over-year salaries are up almost 20 percent."
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We continued to sink a lot more money into the project, partly because we wanted to add some cool features that we came up with, but mainly because Daniel couldn't deliver anything even close to being worthy of shipping. And even though we weren't supposed to pay until completion of the project, we did so on good faith, mainly because of Daniel's never ending sob-stories. literally months would go by without an ounce of work being done on the app. When he did actually come around to doing some work on it, subsequent builds improved slightly, but we never got the the point where someone would ask us about plasma and we'd be proud to show it to them… instead it was usually quite the opposite and more of an embarrassment for us.
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About 40 Bend High School students made it to Bear Creek Elementary on Saturday to meet with counselors following Friday's tragedy at the nearby high school.
Around noon on Friday, a male Bend High student committed suicide with a firearm in a classroom occupied by other students. The shooting occurred inside one of the school's modular units adjacent to the main building, triggering a schoolwide lockdown that lasted more than two hours.
Saturday, counselors from Deschutes Behavioral Health and the volunteer Tri-County School Response Team, a group sponsored by the High Desert Education Service District, were available at Bear Creek to meet with anyone affected.
"When somebody came in, folks would greet them in the lobby and direct them somewhere, so we could assess where they were at and listen to them," said Sean Reinhart, director of special programs for Bend-La Pine Schools. "Some kids met with counselors individually, while others met in groups."
Reinhart said both Deschutes Behavior Health and the Tri-County School Response Team will continue to be available to students at Bend High next week.
"We'll run the school day on a regular schedule and have a support room where students and staff can go to get support and get help processing the events," Reinhart said.
Counselors also will be available to come into classrooms; Reinhart said he did not know of any special plan for the class that witnessed the shooting.
Bend-La Pine Schools Board Chairwoman Cheri Helt emphasized the district's commitment to continuing to provide grief services, saying, "The board's main focus will be making sure we have counseling services available for all people affected by this awful tragedy."
"I don't know all the details, nor do I think anyone does at this point in the investigation. But once we see what it uncovers, we will also have the relevant conversations about school security and mental health," Helt said. "But at the board level, the security and health of our students is always our main priority."
Interim Bend Police Chief Jim Porter said police are following up on final leads and writing reports on the incident at Bend High School. "We are no longer actively investigating," Porter said Saturday. There were two incidents in the past three years in which students brought guns to school in Bend, the chief said. However, in both cases the students left the weapons in their cars, and police investigations determined the students did not have any criminal intent.
As the grieving process following Friday's shooting continues, students from across the district have begun organizing a show of support for those affected at Bend High. At Summit High School, junior Casey Apregan first heard something was wrong just before 1 p.m. Friday, when texts and rumors raised the possibility of something as severe as a school shooting and as relatively trivial as a bad car crash, she said.
"For a while, no one really knew what was happening, but everyone was talking about it," Apregan said. "I had a couple of teachers who finally said there was an incident with a firearm, but that nobody was in danger."
Reflecting on the events afterward, Apregan and two classmates, Kim Peoples and Taylor Warden, decided to organize a "Blue and Gold" day this Tuesday via Facebook to honor Bend High's colors and community.
"We were just talking about how horrible it was, and so we decided to do something," Apregan said. "There's obviously a rivalry between all the schools in sports, but we still all live in Bend and everyone has friends at all three of the high schools. We wanted to show we're rooting for them."
Jasmine Manns, a senior at Bend High, said in an email, "This show of unity will mean that regardless of school rivalries, we are all part of an awesome community that loves and supports its students."
"We have to support each other, because no one really knows how to handle this emotionally," Manns added.
Manns' account of Friday's event offers a window into what the experience was like for students in the school and the inner challenges they continue to face.
"When the principal came over the loudspeaker announcing the lockdown, he sounded scared, and he didn't say it was a drill, so I immediately knew something was wrong," Manns wrote. "We were just sitting in our classroom texting our parents and friends, making sure everyone knew we were okay and checking on our friends. Rumors starting flying and that was all we had to go on. It was horrible, because we were all glad that (we) were safe; selfishly, we were glad it was not an intruder. I will never forget what happened."
After being reunited with her mother, Mann said she "cried and cried" upon realizing the deceased student's mother "won't ever be able to hug him again."
Manns was positive there was something to be learned from Friday's tragedy.
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Written by Deb Egenberger Thursday, 23 August 2012 14:20
Brady village board members thought they were doing the right thing last month when they threw in the land along with the sale of the old village hall building at the corner of Main and Commercial streets.
In July, Ross and Terri Widick offered the only bid of $1,000 to buy the dilapidated building, asking that the land be included.
The Widicks told trustees in July they planned to gut the building, refurbish it and open a bakery there.
But when the contract for sale came up at their Aug. 15 regular board meeting, trustees learned they couldn't simply add the land with the building.
Chairman Jeff Miller said legally the village has to include the land with the building when it asks for bids. That means another round of taking sealed bids.
"We really don't want a setback for the Widicks but we have to make sure we're doing this the right way," Miller said.
Sealed bids will be taken until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 29.
The board of trustees has scheduled a budget workshop for that evening and will include action on bids received during that public meeting.
In another formality, the board authorized a change in schedule coordinated by the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality and Miller & Associates engineering firm of Kearney for repairs to the sewer lagoon.
The process will begin with a flow meter to be installed in the next 30 to 60 days by Snell Services of North Platte at a cost approved up to $9,000.
Televising the sewer lines will happen sometime over the winter with a design to be complete by next fall and bid letting in November 2013. Construction is expected to be complete by December 2014.
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voted on first reading to pass an ordinance changing the zoning on the Davis property at the corner of Mathewson and Commercial streets from residential to commercial. The ordinance will receive two more readings.
authorized the board chairman to sign a purchase contract between the village and Patty Egenberger for land adjacent to the existing fire hall for construction of an additional building. The board also approved a warranty deed to the Brady Rural Fire District as well as a quitclaim deed to correct a prior recording error.
The village hopes to finance the land through the Brady Development Corporation.
agreed to vacate a portion of Short Street on the south side of town in the first of three readings of the ordinance.
made formal a prior decision to increase water, sewer and trash rates from $50 to $60. The board voted to approve the increase two months ago but the formal resolution was not acted on.
referred to the planning commission a request to install a cement slab on a lot on North Vine Street so the owner can keep a motor home there.
approved renewal of a liquor license for the Hitchin' Post.
voted to increase utility superintendent Troy Chestnutt's wage to $18 per hour now that he has received all certifications and to offer $400 per month for health insurance.
discussed paving Commercial Street from the Community Center east to Mathewson, including the intersection of the two streets. Trustees decided to seek new cost estimates for paving throughout the village but agreed such a project is not feasible at this time.


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McMichael crowned as queen.
Amanda McMichael of Gothenburg was installed as honored queen of Job's Daughters International Bethel #28 last Saturday.
Officers were also installed that included Alexis Bacon, senior princess; Kyndal Holmes, junior princess; Kendra Humphrey, guide and Carlin Daharsh, marshal.
Appointed officers installed were Blayr McMichael, chaplain; Becca Else, recorder; Sonie Kuhlman, treasurer; Megan Portiner, fifth messenger; Stephanie Eggleston, senior custodian and Kelsey Holmes, junior custodian.
Presiding as installing officer was Becca Else, past honored queen and supreme recorder. She was assisted by Taci Bartlett, Kyra Holloway-Maline, Heidi Galas, Leah Rieke, Jeanne Breuer, Stephanie Eggleston and Lori Long.
Emily McMichael served as mistress of ceremonies and Trevor Galas assisted with flowers.
The theme was "You've got a Friend." Bright pink and lime green were colors displayed with a flamingo as mascot during McMichael's term.
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Bethel Council members for Gothenburg are Suzanne Holmes, Roger and Sue Eggleston, Donna Portiner, Trudy Else, Joy and Kim Humphrey and Tammy McMichael.
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Dave Wood's Book Report, Jan. 14, 2009
Years ago, I saw a wonderful Twilight Zone episode in which a small time newspaper editor sold his soul to the devil in order to save his newspaper. The devil was played by Burgess Meredith, who arrives at the newspaper and tells the hero he is a linotype operator and would like to go to work.
A deal is struck and the devil begins typing. He types of a fatal traffic accident on the edge of town, and other catastrophes unknown to the town as a whole and the hero's competition. The hero prints the devil's stories; they appear in his paper the next morning. He has scooped the competition!
"Going to See the Elephant," by Rodes Fishburne (Delacorte Press, $22) takes its cue from this fascinating idea. His hero is Slater Brown, who goes to San Francisco to make his fortune and fails miserably. To keep body and soul together he signs on with a down-at-the-heels give-away weekly, the Morning Trumpet.
Nothing much happens until he meets a Mexican mystic who confers powers on Slater not unlike those possessed by the Burgess Meredith devil. But of course there's a price to pay, but you'll have to buy the book to find out what it is.
Coincidentally, author Fishburne does a marvelous job describing the sights and sounds of that vaunted city by the bay.
If, like many people, you think of the early 19th century as a revolutionary time for British society, with crazy Romantic poets like Shelley and Keats distributing atheistic tracts and indulging in pagan ritual on the shores of the Aegean and you think of 18th century British society as a society dominated by minuets, whist parties and stuffy piano recitals and poetry readings, think again and read "The Hell-Fire Clubs: Sex, Satanism and Secret Societies," by Evelyn Lord (Yale University Press, no price). As a student of 18th century literature, I heard inklings of secret societies and the big shots like the Earl of Rochester belonging to them.
But it took Lord to fill in the blanks with meticulous research and even wonderful photos and drawings of the hijinks that went on in British high society, the violence, sexual indulgence and religious blasphemy that became the unspoken calling cards of people from John Wilkes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Prince of Wales. (Some say that Ben Franklin smuggled this movement into the colonies.)
Lord has a puckish sense of humor. Of John Wilkes she writes:
"He was a radical, a libertine, whose treatment of his wife was reprehensible, but he was a loving and supportive father to his children, legitimate and illegitimate.
My wife and I are a family of two and despite our comfortable lower middle class status, I'm scared of lots of things. I can only speak for myself but I admit that I fear the nation's financial collapse, I fear war with God knows who next. I fear Alzheimer's. And I fear cancer. Both of us have been stricken, both of us survived and now we hope it won't come back.
With that as a background, I was pleased to receive a copy of "Facing Fear: Cancer and Politics, Courage and Hope," by Judith Strasser (Borderland Books, $19.95).
Strasser lives in Madison and before she became a full-time writer she was the producer of a national radio program, "To the Best of Our Knowledge."
In her new book she deftly mixes the news that she has stomach cancer, a fearful prospect, with all the fearful political upheavals that wrack our world, specifically zeroing in on murders in mayhem close to home and as far away as Columbia.
Dave Wood is a past vice president of the National Book Critics Circle and former book review editor of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Phone him at 715-426-9554.


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Maisie Williams, left, Michelle Fairley and Sophie Turner are three of the stars in HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Fairley plays the mother of the two girls. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Link
Sophie Turner, left, Michelle Fairley and Maisie Williams are three of the stars in HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Fairley plays the mother of the two girls. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Link
Sophie Turner, left, Michelle Fairley and Maisie Williams are three of the stars in HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Fairley plays the mother of the two girls. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Link
Michelle Fairley as Catelyn Stark in a scene from "Game of Thrones." (Helen Sloan / HBO)Link
Sophie Turner as Sansa Stark in "Game of Thrones." (Keith Bernstein / HBO)Link
Maisie Williams as Arya Stark in a scene from "Game of Thrones." (Helene Sloan / HBO)Link
Maisie Williams, left, Michelle Fairley and Sophie Turner are three of the stars in HBO's hit fantasy series "Game of Thrones." Fairley plays the mother of the two girls. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)Link
Michelle Fairley is more than happy to talk about Catelyn Stark, the character she plays on HBO's epic fantasy saga "Game of Thrones" as the show picks up its third season. Just don't ask her about specifics, please. It's not details you'll be met with, but a modest demurral and a simple explanation — were she to divulge too much information about future events, show runners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would have her head.
For devoted readers of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels, Catelyn Stark's fate isn't exactly the world's best kept secret, but the series' cast and creators always have been cognizant that not everyone who watches the HBO series, which returned March 31 to record ratings, is familiar with the novels.
Even Fairley has only read as far as the third installment, "A Storm of Swords," roughly half of which forms the basis for the show's third season.
"Reading a novel is a completely different experience to watching a television show, and there's something about energy and keeping drama and pace," Fairley said. "That's what the television show does wonderfully. Visually, the camera, the sets, the costumes do that. It's the dialogue that's the important thing."
Long before she became known as Catelyn Stark, the Irish actress was a respected presence on the British stage, starring in more than 25 projects, from Shakespeare to Aleksey Scherbak's "Remembrance Day," in addition to amassing a number of feature film credits (a list that includes no less a role than Hermione Granger's mother in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1").
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But wary and watchful Catelyn Stark has provided the veteran actress with a new level of visibility stateside to demonstrate her considerable talents. The role, certainly, isn't an easy one to play.
"Catelyn, at the beginning of Season 3, you pick her up and she's in manacles and chains because she has released Jamie Lannister and sends him off with Brienne to King's Landing in the hope that they will do a swap and she will get her daughters back," Fairley said in a recent interview prior to the series premiere. "Unfortunately, that action undermines her son's authority. He is king and he's expecting people to fight on his behalf… Her son has no other option but to manacle her and keep her prisoner on her own, she's in solitary confinement basically.
"Releasing Jamie, Catelyn Stark's goal was to get her daughters back," Fairley continued, referring to Sophie Turner's Sansa and Maisie Williams' Arya. "Her goal was honorable but the act was totally dishonorable."
While there's a great deal of talk about honor in the world of Westeros, there are few characters who truly exhibit the quality. Fairley acknowledges that the children of the Stark clan, including eldest son and newly crowned King of the North Robb Stark (Richard Madden), don't always thrive in the ruthless, unforgiving landscape, chiefly because they were raised to uphold certain ideals that others disregard to advance in rank, position and privilege.
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"The world that the Starks have come from is a very loving world on the whole, a very inclusive world," Fairley said. "It's very, very family [-centered], it's respecting other people and it's a freedom world — you have people who work the land there and there doesn't seem to be a distinction between royalty or civilian… With the death of their father, they're thrust into a cutthroat world that they possibly are not genetically equipped to deal with.
"They make mistakes in learning how to deal with this world," she continued. "They have to learn to be tacticians. They have to. They're not stupid, they just don't think that way but they have to start to think that way. They're not intrinsically evil, they have to start to play that game."
Playing the game, however, can prove as difficult as sitting in the Iron Throne without sustaining physical injury, especially for the female characters. Though she isn't a queen, Catelyn still has the regal bearing of the matriarch, and it's interesting to look at her character in contrast to the scheming Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey), so clearly a product of her cruel, politically minded father, or Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke), the "mother of dragons" who embraces her femininity even as she continues to amass more power in her quest to return from exile to rule Westeros.
"I think George writes wonderfully well for women and women of a certain age as well," Fairley said. "It is a very traditional role that these women have to fulfill on the surface — mother, queen, lady, household runner, but there's the other side to that as well. These women have to be really strong. Everybody's dispensable in this world, and life is so cheap, especially for women."
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The Hospital Administrator's report was given during Monday night's meeting of the Nolan County Hospital District, held at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital (RPMH).Donna Boatright discussed two different grants, one of which was recently awarded to RPMH. The hospital was informed last week that they received a $50,000 capital improvement loan fund/grant, which will be used toward the construction of the new medical offices.In addition, an application was submitted for a solar grant, after being informed about the funding by McKinstry, the company overseeing the construction on campus.Any news on the grant is anticipated to be given by the end of April. If the hospital is a recipient of the grant, it would total around $300,000 and would supply most of the power for the new office building. The final item discussed was the sponsorship of a medical student, who is in his first year of medical school. The recipient is a graduate of Texas Tech University and also served in the military prior to entering medical school.The hospital has sponsored students in the past and continues to do so, in which financial assistance is given with an obligation to work in Sweetwater upon the completion of medical school. Boatright called the sponsorship a "good investment" to the community--as the recipient plans on working in family practice--and hopes to introduce the student to the board at a future meeting.


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Even if your local skyline isn't hazy with smog, there are a number of environmental factors that impact your daily life but fly under the radar of your senses. Seeking to increase awareness and familiarity with environmental phenomena, Hernando Barragan has conceived of an Environmental Traffic Light that monitors and visualizes CO2 levels, air pressure, humidity and a host of other measurements. One of fifty top entries in this year's Greener Gadgets Design Competition, these open-source eco outposts are sure to spark increased interest in the environmental factors that affect us all.
In the quest to green our urban spaces, increasing public awareness is half of the battle, and can inform policy on a systemic level. We love seeing innovative approaches towards monitoring urban ecologies, and who wouldn't breathe easier with an environmental barometer around to keep tabs on air quality and other atmospheric concerns?
The Environmental Traffic Light collects data over a range of fields and presents it to the public in an easy-to-understand manner. Consisting of a variable set of sensors stacked up like a tree, the eco-outposts send data over a network for analysis and can be distributed throughout a city to keep tabs on the interactions of various ecosystems.
Hernando Barragan says: "Just as there are traffic lights that help us regulate traffic vehicular and pedestrian, why not to talk about environmental signals that support decision making on environmental issues? They could give us information – not only phenomena but also the environmental state of our ecosystems. We can imagine these lights in different parts of the city, in parks – in contaminated or abandoned contexts."
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Callaway County National Register Listings
Bell, M. Fred, Rental Cottage, 302 E 5th St., Fulton (7/10/97)
Bell, M. Fred, Speculative Cottage, 304 E 5th St., Fulton (6/30/95)
Brandon-Bell-Collier House, 207 W 9th St., Fulton (12/24/98)
Carver, George Washington, School, 909 Westminster, Fulton (12/02/96)
Cote Sans Dessein Archaeological Site, address restricted (5/27/71)
Court Street Historic Residential District, roughly along Court bet. St. Louis and 10th Sts, Fulton, (8/15/07)
Downtown Fulton Historic District (map [see note]), roughly bounded by 4th St., Market, 7th St. and Jefferson Ave., Fulton (7/07/04)
Hockaday, John Augustus, House, 105 Hockaday Ave., Fulton (9/17/80)
Mealy Mounds Archaeological Site, address restricted (1/25/71)
Moore's Mill Battlefield, address restricted (5/04/15)
Oakley Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, County Rd. 485 at jct. of County Rd. 486, Tebbetts vicinity (12/17/08)
Pitcher Store, 8513 Pitcher Rd., Fulton (3/12/2001; proposed relocation approved 10/17/03)
Research Cave, address restricted (10/15/66; NHL 7/19/64)
Richland Christian Church, 5301 County Road 220, Fulton vicinity (2/16/01)
Robnett-Payne House, 601 W 6th St., Fulton (9/17/98; request for relocation approved 5/24/01)
Westminster College Gymnasium, Westminster College Campus, Fulton (5/23/68; NHL 5/10/68)
Westminster College Historic District, off Westminster Ave., Fulton (4/12/82)
White Cloud Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, S side SR F at intersection with CR 232, Fulton vicinity (10/12/10)
Willing, Dr. George M., House, 211 Jefferson St., Fulton (10/03/80)
Winston Churchill Memorial, 7th St. and Westminster Ave., Fulton (3/16/72)
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According to a new doctoral dissertation at Stockholm University in Sweden, based on analyses of deposits of pollen grains, it is possible that all of Sweden was virtually free of ice for long periods during the latest ice age. The findings show that the glaciation might have started some 20,000 later than was previously assumed.
"It's important that we get to the bottom of when the great ice sheets covered Sweden and how warm it might have been when there was no ice. At present there are two extremely different hypotheses, which makes it difficult to study how the ice age climate relates to various parameters in the climate system, such as the earth's relation to the sun," says Martina Hättestrand, a doctoral candidate at the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology, Stockholm University.
In order to understand the climate system of the earth, researchers today are studying the climatic variations of ice ages. Since we have the most land forms and geological traces preserved from the latest ice age, much of the research focuses on that particular period. An important aspect of the research is to study when the huge continental ice sheets grew and when they melted away, and to study the environment and climate of the areas that were free of ice. The size and movement patterns of the ice sheets can be calculated by studying land forms and moraine deposits. The ice-free periods can be studied by pollen analysis, among other methods. Pollen analysis is a method in which scientists use pollen grains preserved in ancient sediment to create a picture of what plants once grew in the area and what the climate was like.
Martina Hättestrand's dissertation is based on studies of pollen grains that were deposited more than 40,000 years ago in small lakes during the ice-free phases of the latest glaciation. During the warm phases of the Ice Age, high amounts of birch pollen were deposited, which indicates that summer temperatures were around 10 degrees centigrade in northern Sweden. During cold ice-free phases, mostly grass and herbal pollen was deposited.
"The findings from my dissertation indicate that the first icing up phase of the latest Ice Age may in Scandinavia have started about 95,000 years ago which is some 20,000 years later than was previously thought," says Martina Hättestrand. According to the previously accepted hypothesis, Sweden was covered with ice 75,000-20,000 years ago. Martina Hättestrand's hypothesis, on the other hand, is that Sweden may have largely been ice-free between 59,000 and 40,000 years ago. If this is true, the last ice sheet of the Ice Age formed much more rapidly than was previously believed in order to have reached all the way down to northern Germany during the maximum phase about 22,000 years ago.
The latest Ice Age is called the Weichselian glacial (glaciation) in northern Europe. It started roughly 120,000 years ago and ended about 10,000 years ago. The definition of an ice age is that it has a colder climate than an interglacial period, which is the type of climate we live in today. The climate varied a great deal during the ice ages.
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Windows has some serious chug! Once I load up a game or whatever it's fine but it could take me 15mins to get that far with no exaggeration. Before I burn it and reinstall windows do we have any decent diagnostics tools I should try? So can't be arsed with the reinstall!
Done CCleaner, Panda found no malware or virus and I've been all up in dem guts of startup and task manager but no thing seems wrong.
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University for Peace
On 5 December 2015, the University for Peace commemorated its 35th anniversary. Established by the United Nations General Assembly through its resolution 35/55, the University's mission is "to provide humanity with an international institution of higher education for peace and with the aim of promoting among all human beings the spirit of understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence, to stimulate cooperation among peoples and to help lessen obstacles and threats to world peace and progress, in keeping with the noble aspirations proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations. "
The original vision of the University for Peace and its mission are still relevant, perhaps more than ever. The authorities that imagined and delineated the role of the University stressed that "the persistence of war in the history of mankind and the growing threats against peace in recent decades jeopardize the very existence of the human species and require peace not to be conceived as a negative concept, as the end of conflict or as a simple diplomatic compromise, but that it should be conquered and secured through the most valuable and effective resource that man possesses: education." Likewise, they reaffirmed that peace is an inalienable right achieved through education. Disarmament efforts are essential, but they will not be successful without a major effort in the field of education; this is the challenge faced by nations and humanity as a whole in the 21st century.
As it commemorates its 35 years of existence, the University for Peace is undergoing a process of strengthening and relaunching its core mission on the basis of contributing more decisively to the four essential pillars of the United Nations. Namely, the ongoing search for peace; the promotion and protection of human rights; adopting measures conducive to sustainable development; and achieving consensus among all actors around the urgent need to halt the serious impact of climate change.


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By Matt Styslinger
"I know all about food security," says Mitharam Maslai, a farmer from India's Northeast highlands. "We ate only pumpkin and bamboo shoots every year for two to three weeks because we had run out of rice."
Using a traditional 'slash and burn' method of farming known as jhum, indigenous villagers in this remote region were not producing enough rice to feed their families for the entire year. To address this problem, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) started a project to introduce new farming methods to the region—emphasizing sustainable resource management—in the states of Meghalaya, Manipur, and Assam.
Environmental degradation was deepening the problem—people, not surprisingly, depend on the exploitation of natural resources to get them through the lean periods. Forest fruits and vegetables, medicinal plants, timber, and charcoal were often overharvested to supplement diets and incomes, contributing to deforestation, erosion, and loss of biodiversity.
Northeast India is considered a biodiversity hotspot and contains some of the subcontinent's last remaining rainforest. The ethnic minority communities that inhabit the region live in economic and cultural isolation, and in extreme poverty. Jhum has worked sustainably in the past, but on a much smaller scale. In order to meet food requirements for a growing population, large-scale production has expanded the area under jhum cultivation further into forests. As the fragile ecosystem degrades, jhum has become less productive and more frequent, exacerbating food insecurity.
The IFAD-supported project promoted sustainable environmental management practices in over 1,000 villages, including reforestation and the inclusion of dispersed trees in crop fields. Protected areas were established around project villages, and communities own and manage wildlife and fish sanctuaries. Communities have also designated forest reserves for specific needs, like bamboo and timber extraction and protection of water resources. Villagers have now seen a resurgence of wildlife, including deer, elephants, and tigers. Now that environmental awareness has curbed the destructive practice of using poisons for fishing, villagers are able to supplement their diets with the rebounded populations of rohu and hilsa fish. Fish are an important source of protein and an integral part of the region's indigenous cuisines.
Farmers were also taught terracing, promoting sedentary agriculture as an alternative to shifting, land-intensive jhum cultivation. They were encouraged to maintain crop diversity by planting tea, oranges, and other fruit trees, and practice soil and water conservation through agroforestry and the use of water harvesting ponds. As a result, productivity increased, offering not only year-round food security, but extra income to farmers.
The project "has given people the capacity to plan and manage their own resources. This makes the project's interventions truly sustainable for the future," says IFAD's Country Program Manager for India, Mattia Prayer Galletti. Jhum cultivation has been reduced by 50 percent since the project began. Fields are allowed to lie fallow for longer periods of time between cultivation years, allowing the soil to regenerate more fully.
Grassroots organizations supported by IFAD also extended micro-credit to women's self-help groups in the villages. With these funds the women have created small businesses, such as livestock operations and small local grocery stores. Villagers have also created small businesses by sustainably utilizing forest resources with enterprises including bee-keeping and silk production.
Now that villagers are able to sustain healthy lifestyles with their own resources, the whole community has benefitted from improvements in project areas. Infant mortality has declined, school enrollment has increased, and women are participating in village-level decision-making. IFAD is now planning to repeat this project on an even broader scale—to include the states of Mizoram, Tripura, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh—hoping to help the entire region maintain and benefit from their rich and unique biodiversity.
To read more about natural resource management in agriculture see: Restoring Biodiversity to Improve Food Security, Innovation of the Week: Homegrown Solutions to Alleviating Hunger and Poverty, Survey continues to find Innovations for Sustainable Ways to Alleviate Hunger, and Valuing What They Already Have.
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Diversity through Equal Opportunity
Adams State University is committed to providing equal educational opportunity for persons with disabilities in accordance with the Affirmative Action Policy of the College and in compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
In support of its commitment to provide equal educational opportunity, Adams State University provides a variety of reasonable services and accommodations to students with disabilities.
This site provides an overview of the disability support services available at Adams State. It describes the procedures that students must follow to access services and receive accommodations, and provides guidelines and suggestions for faculty-student interaction.
Students, faculty, and staff have a shared responsibility for ensuring that the College meets its legal requirement to provide an equal educational opportunity to its students. Students with disabilities are responsible for notifying faculty and staff of their needs in a timely manner.
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Underground Storage Tanks
The EPA's Deadline Looms
December 22, 1998: Commercial and industrial property owners, lenders, lawyers, and consultants should circle this date in red. It is already marked on the calendars of environmental regulators across the country.
By that date, thousands of underground storage tanks (USTs) must conform to stringent regulatory requirements imposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state environmental protection agencies. UST owners and operators must upgrade their existing USTs, take them out of service, and/or remove them from the ground altogether.
The EPA regulations apply to any regulated UST that was installed before December 22, 1988, and contains petroleum products. While the federal regulations do not apply to typical heating oil USTs, such as those used to hold fuel for boilers of commercial properties, some states do regulate such tank systems. Owners must therefore check state requirements to determine if the upgrade requirements apply to heating oil tanks in a particular jurisdiction. In addition, USTs containing hazardous substances also must meet other requirements by 1998.
The EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks reports that 2.1 million UST systems were in use as of 1988, when the EPA issued the current underground storage tank regulations. Many of these systems have been closed over the past nine years. Currently, the EPA estimates that about 1 million USTs remain in use that are subject to the 1998 deadline. These tanks are found in gas stations, shopping malls, factories, convenience stores, and at refueling facilities for truck, bus, and taxi fleets. They have the potential to cause severe environmental damage. The EPA's records reveal that approximately 317,000 UST releases have been confirmed over the past nine years.
Legislative Background
In 1984, Congress became concerned that petroleum and other pollutants leaking from UST systems were contaminating groundwater supplies. It enacted the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, which added Subtitle I to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Subtitle I required the EPA to develop regulations establishing a program for UST release prevention and remediation. The regulations require UST owners and operators to meet standards for tank operation and design, leak detection and reporting, corrective action, and UST closure.
The EPA's UST regulations became effective on December 22, 1988, and were to be phased in over the next ten years (thus the deadline of December 22, 1998). While the EPA, a federal agency, promulgated the Subtitle I regulations, it has delegated authority to the states, which may manage their own UST programs. A state with a federally approved UST program must at least meet the requirements of the EPA's regulations. Presently, all states and territories have operating and enforcement agreements with the EPA, although not all state UST program have received formal federal approval.
State UST programs may not be less stringent than the federal program, but may include standards that go beyond the federal "floor" in terms of protecting human health and the environment. Accordingly, different states may impose different requirements that must be met by December 22, 1998, and a few states have even imposed requirements that must be satisfied before the federal deadline. A list of state UST Program Offices is available from the RCRA/Superfund Hotline (800/424-9346). To complicate matters, some cities and counties have their own laws and regulations governing tanks.
Compliance Requirements
Tank owners and operators must implement one of the following options by the deadline for any existing tank system installed before December 22, 1988: (1) add corrosion protection to currently unprotected steel UST systems, and protection against spills and overfills to all steel and fiberglass systems that do not already have it; (2) replace the existing tank; or (3) close the existing tank. The requirements for protection against corrosion, spills, and overfills are already effective for tanks installed after December 22, 1988.
Spill, Overfill, and Corrosion Protection
Tank owners who decide to keep a UST installed prior to December 22, 1988 (referred to as a "pre-1988 tank") in operation must add spill, overfill, and corrosion protection to their systems. Spill protection. Petroleum spills are common occurrences during delivery of product to a tank system. Product is transferred through a delivery truck's hose; when the hose is disconnected, petroleum may spill onto the ground, leach into surrounding soils, and contaminate groundwater supplies. Small spills of this sort can cumulatively cause significant environmental damage.
Upgrade or Replace?
Many environmental consultants and engineers believe it is more expensive over the long run to completely upgrade a pre-1988 steel UST than to close and/or replace it. Costs of upgrading tanks will depend upon the size of the tank, the depth of its installation, and other site-specific factors, such as whether the system is enclosed beneath a concrete surface or a grassy area. Purchasing and installing a new 10,000 gallon UST that conforms with the latest Subtitle I regulations will cost between $20,000 and $50,000. If a pre-1988 tank made of fiberglass or other noncorrodible material only requires the addition of spill and overfill protections, the EPA estimates that those upgrade costs would be significantly less than purchasing a brand new system.
If it is a close call between whether to upgrade or replace, the scale tips in favor of tank replacement. Installation of a new, state-of-the-art system will likely prove more cost effective over the long term, and will call for less monitoring and reporting compared to upgrading a pre-1988 system. In addition, under the EPA's "financial responsibility" requirements, tank owners must maintain insurance (or some other source of funds) to pay for the damages from a tank leak, and insurance costs less on state-of-the art tanks than on older tanks. Finally, a new system can buy greater peace of mind for owners and operators, who have less to fear that a release will raise the specter of increased compliance, enforcement, and litigation costs. However, upgrading may be a sensible and cost-effective compliance solution for tanks that cannot be economically removed, such as those which are buried beneath basements or underground parking garages, or for businesses that may not be in operation long enough after 1998 to amortize the cost of a new system. To protect against petroleum spills, pre-1988 tanks that remain in use must have catchment basins added by December 23, 1998. A catchment basin is a bucket sealed around the fill pipe designed to catch product that may be spilled while petroleum is delivered to the tank. Basins vary in size, and a standard catch-basin can hold approximately 5 gallons of spilled product. Obviously, a larger basin provides greater spill protection, but some engineers fear that basins with more holding capacity increase the risk of fire. The EPA regulations do not specify minimum design standards for basins, but require that their size must be sufficient to catch spills and prevent petroleum releases into the environment.
Overfill protection. Another common form of UST-related contamination arises when delivery hoses are not shut off in time. In this case, tanks are filled to their maximum volume, and then catchment basins are filled beyond their capacity. The EPA's regulations require that pre-1988 tanks remaining operable must be upgraded with one of the three main types of overfill protection devices: (1) automatic shut-off devices; (2) overfill alarms; or (3) ball float valves. If a system never receives more than 25 gallons of product at a time, then it is exempt from the requirement that overfill devices be installed.
Corrosion Protection. Corrosion protection is the third upgrade requirement that must be installed for tanks to remain in service. It is the most costly upgrade requirement confronting owners and operators as they strive to meet the deadline. However, corrosion protection need only be added to pre-1988 steel tanks. Older systems made of noncorrodible materials, such as fiberglass, do not require the addition of corrosion protection.
Corrosion results when damp soil and subterranean moisture come into contact with metals. The combination causes an underground electric current that destroys metallic surfaces such as steel; most older USTs are made of bare steel. Corrosive processes wear away the tank's surface and create holes through which petroleum leaks. To satisfy the requirements, UST owners and operators must choose one of the following options for adding corrosion protection to existing steel tanks: (1) add cathodic protection; (2) add an interior lining to the tank made of a noncorrodible material; or (3) combine the first two methods. Furthermore, if piping is made of metallic material, owners and operators must supply corrosion protection to those lines as well.
- Cathodic protection. Cathodic protection reverses the electric current that causes corrosion. If only cathodic protection is added, the owner or operator must also satisfy EPA regulations to ensure that the UST system itself is structurally sound, and that regardless of corrosion, product will not leach into soils and groundwater from some other means.
Once it is shown that the UST system is structurally sound, the cathodic protection can be installed in the tank. The EPA's regulations require that a qualified cathodic protection expert design, supervise, inspect, and install the corrosion-prevention mechanism. After the protection is installed, occasional tests and inspections are required, as well as accurate and frequent record-keeping.
- Interior lining. A tank owner can avoid adding cathodic protection and choose instead to add an interior lining to the UST. This requires that the steel tank be lined with a thick layer of noncorrodible material, such as fiberglass. Should owners or operators elect to use this form of corrosion protection alone, they must undertake periodic internal inspection to ensure that the lined tank is not leaking, and that the lining still meets original design criteria.
- Combination of corrosive protection. The EPA's regulations provide that corrosion protection can be supplied by a combination of cathodic protection and the addition of an interior lining. This combination provides more protection against corrosion, and also eliminates the need for and costs of ongoing interior lining inspections. However, periodic testing still must be conducted to assess the soundness of the corrosion protection system.
Closing and Replacing USTs
Owners and operators have the option of closing UST systems that do not comply with the 1998 requirements. The EPA estimates that closure costs can run between $5,000 and $11,000, not including any required site assessments or remediation. After aging USTs are closed, owners and operators may then choose to replace them with new installations.
UST closure. In the Subtitle I regulations, the EPA provides a procedure for safely removing a tank system from service. The EPA issued these UST closure guidelines because a number of systems had been improperly closed in the past, resulting in releases of petroleum products into the environment. Under the EPA regulations, closure can be either temporary or permanent. It bears repeating, however, that mandatory city, county, and state requirements may vary and expand upon the federal regulations, so state program requirements must be consulted before a system is closed.
To effect a temporary tank closure under the federal standard, owners and operators must continue operation and maintenance of corrosion protection and release detection as outlined in the Subtitle I regulations. Product may remain in the tank during temporary closure. However, if the system is emptied, release detection is not required but corrosion protection must be maintained. Where the UST system is temporarily closed for three months or longer, the EPA requires that all vent lines be left open and functioning, but all other lines and pumps must be capped and closed.
Temporary closure is effective for only 12 months. After that time, the tank must be either permanently closed or upgraded. At the end of the 12-month temporary closure period, some jurisdictions that have assumed oversight of the federal UST program may grant an extension to continue temporary closure for an extra year. Should a tank owner opt to pursue this extension, it must perform a site assessment showing that the system has released no petroleum products into the environment.
Permanent closure contemplates that a system be removed from service so that it no longer holds a regulated petroleum substance. Owners and operators must notify the relevant environmental agency 30 days prior to the date of the UST's permanent closure. They must also conduct a site assessment to determine if contaminants have leaked into surrounding soils. If such contamination exists, a remedial cleanup may be required as part of the permanent closure process, depending on the extent of the contamination.
Permanent closure can be effected by one of two means. First, the tank must be emptied of all product, and all liquids and sludge must be cleaned and disposed of properly. The tank must then be either removed from the ground or filled with an inert substance such as concrete. Some jurisdictions require that permanently closed systems be excavated altogether. The office of the local building official or fire marshal, rather than the EPA or state environmental agency, is typically responsible for deciding whether a tank can be closed in place.
The second alternative for permanent closure is known as "change-in-service." This allows an owner or operator to continue using the UST system with a non-regulated, benign substance. As with other types of permanent closure, the system must be cleaned of all liquids and sludge, and a site assessment must be conducted. Generally, the site assessment will initially require two soil samples within the tank's "excavation zone." Based on the results of the soil tests, regulators may require a more comprehensive environmental study, including groundwater assessments. If tests reveal soil or groundwater contamination, the owner or operator may be required to fund a cleanup for the site, depending on the severity of the contamination. Closure reports must then be filed with the relevant regulatory agencies, and the owner must maintain files documenting the closure efforts for a specified period of time.
Once permanent closure is achieved, an owner or operator may decide to replace the pre-1988 tank with a new, state-of-the-art system. The new system must meet all federal and applicable state performance standards for UST installations. These performance standards generally include the same requirements necessary to upgrade an aging tank, including protection of steel tanks against corrosion, uses of tanks made of noncorrodible material, and spill and overfill protection for all tanks.
Advantages to Acting Early
While less than two years remain to satisfy the deadline, there are advantages to acting before the last minute. The likelihood of a tank leak will diminish the sooner an aging and corroding UST system is upgraded or removed. Therefore, tank owners can reduce their exposure to costly enforcement actions brought by environmental regulators, and protect themselves from litigation brought by neighbors suing because their adjacent properties were contaminated by a leaking tank. Additionally, demand for consultants and contractors will increase, and their fees may rise, as the deadline approaches. It may simply be impossible to engage contractors in the months leading up to December 22, 1998.
Some state agencies provide low-cost loans to tank owners to upgrade or remove USTs, and those funds may dry up by December 1998. Furthermore, some state programs have established reimbursement funds devoted to spill and leak remediation. Tank owners and operators may be ineligible to tap such funds if they fail to meet the December 1998 requirements. Indeed, these funds may become depleted as the deadline approaches.
Owners and operators must understand the logistics that are necessary to comply with the 1998 deadline. Upgrading or removing a tank does not happen overnight. Environmental regulators must review and signoff on all plans for closing UST systems, and other approvals may also be required from other state and local agencies. For example, in many jurisdictions, a local construction permit is needed before a tank is excavated. The necessary delays associated with procuring regulatory approvals must be factored into an owner's or operator's efforts to meet the deadline.
Finally, some tank owners who replace their old tanks are going to discover contamination from leaks, and will have to pay for cleanups. While some of those costs may be covered by insurance, and other costs may be reimbursable from state cleanup funds, many owners will have to pay for the entire cleanup from their own pockets. If those costs are high enough, owners may be left with insufficient funds in their budgets to both clean up and upgrade.
To ensure compliance with the upcoming deadline, EPA officials appear willing to speak loudly enough to notify tank owners and operators, and carry a big stick to use on those who refuse to comply. The agency and many states already have mounted outreach campaigns to notify the regulated community of the 1998 deadline. The EPA and the states also have vowed to implement an UST enforcement initiative this year. UST owners can face harsh consequences if they ignore the deadline or other UST regulations. Administrative orders and penalties, litigation, and field citations comprise the environmental regulators' arsenal in their charge to enforce Subtitle I requirements. The RCRA statute (and many state analogs) also allow an aggrieved citizen group or neighbor to institute a civil lawsuit against owners or operators in order to bring them into compliance with applicable regulations. Tank owners could find themselves as defendants in lawsuits if they fail to meet the upcoming deadline.


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I began playing disc golf during my last year of college as a student at Liberty in 2007. One of my co-workers asked me if I had ever played disc golf and when he discovered I had not we were out at Peaks View Park (a well-known local course to the Lynchburg area) before the end of the day. After the first time I played, even though I did not understand the mechanics or have great success at this new sport, I was hooked. After playing casually for a year or so I began to meet other local players that helped teach me new techniques and skills that elevated my game to a new level. I won my first tournament as an Amateur in 2009 and have won several events ranging from small club tournaments to PDGA sanctioned tournaments. My wife Mary and I have been married 5 years and live in Appomattox, VA, where I get the chance to play my home course at Elk Creek Park and hone my skills on a tightly wooded course. I have also had the opportunity to play at over 20 courses in Virginia, and have travelled to play many courses in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.
Disc golf is a huge part of my life not only because I love the sport, but more importantly I love the opportunity to meet new people and connect with them. When at local courses it gives me a chance to strike up conversation with strangers and teach them about the sport. The community of players in this sport are amazing, and they have a spirit of service and giving back. I have met many of my best friends while playing disc golf. Getting the chance to represent Liberty and Christ through disc golf is something I could have never imagined. To get a chance to share my faith and my love for the sport all in one conversation is very exciting and no longer uncommon. It is important to give back and invest my time into new players, as others did for me when I needed guidance and instruction.
In 2007 I became a Liberty alumnus with the completion of my Bachelors of Science in Communication Studies- Public Relations, and I am currently working toward completion of a Masters of Arts in Management and Leadership. Currently I work for Liberty University Online' s Academic Advising department in a supervisory role. My life has been blessed a great deal by Liberty, and it has helped my faith and Christian walk grow and be fruitful.
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